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September 8th 2018

Published: September 9th 2018

Saturday in NYC means some of the subway lines aren't operating or are on different schedules. We left the hotel for the subway stop right near the door. Got off and walked a bit to the Tenement Museum which was a great tour. We had seen a piece on it on Sunday Morning a couple months ago and were looking forward to it. Great stories, good guide. Then wandered over through one of the four Chinato... Read Full Entry

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MikeAndSue

MikeandSue

This started for us to blog about India in 2008 and has been used several times since. Sue went to China in 2011 and helped the girls move around the Southeast in 2012. We'll keep using it to capture pictures and travels! Then: Ireland and the Isle of Man, summer 2017, bicycling in NYC with Road Scholars in Sept 2018, the Panama Canal, again with Road Scholars, March 2019! Then: Since we survived Covid-19 and Mike’s lymphoma, and Sue retired, we returned to Ireland and the Isle of Man in April/May 2023! For our 50th New Year's Eve together, we went to another Road Scholars program, New ... full info

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directly across from our lunch spot

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After lunch walk through the park on the way to bike pickup

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who lived in NYC for awhile before returning to China

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with City Municipal Building in background

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the Titanic was bound for NYC, after all...

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waterfront

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Manhattan Bridge bike rider counter--this is before our group, of course!

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Paused partway across the bridge for narration

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at the half-way point, looking back

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from the street as we were beginning Brooklyn tour

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Brooklyn Heights, near the park, with some of the Manhattan Skyline behind us

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Pilgrim Church

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you can see her in the distance!

0908nyc040Manhattan from Brooklyn Heights

the blue/white area jutting out into the river is now a soccer field. This had been a wharf area for unloading freight but now the freight's flown in, landing in Jersey and trucked in, etc., so the area was reclaimed.

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again, reclaimed land--nice green space. Below the spot we're standing is a highway, then a new berm which hides a greenway from the highway.

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